JUNE 2021

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WINNERS in the Somerset Interclub challenge

Diego taking out the juniors Noel winiing the Biggest Golden Perch

HI All,

Over the last month I have been away on leave where we

travelled up to North Qld and visited other Fishing/boat club

premises for a meal and chat. In particular we got the run down

on Cairns with what and where to fish. We were hoping to go out

for a fish with one of the local fisherman but with 25 knot winds,

no one up there was keen to take us out, maybe next time.

As winter approaches the Marlin are decreasing and the sports

fish in local dams, rivers and bay are increasing. It was good to

see our club members go up to Somerset and represent our club

in the fishing challenge and even more exciting was that Noel and

Diago came away winners- Congratulations. Last Friday night

was raffle night where there were many dinner guests buying up

so we did see a good profit from this night- thankyou to all who

attended.

Special thanks must go out to Vaughn for organising and also

having his guest speaker Jim Potts speaking about jigging in

deep water and sounder tips.

Also our Executive Team met to go over a few items of discussion

so we can keep in line with our constitution and also the

processes of our club running smoothly.

Until next time, keep on fishing safely.

Maddy

G’day Gang, Yet another great BBQ turn out that was well supported but the scales were not used… at all ! so JACKPOT month - this means a $100 bream is up for grabs and $150 Wrasse !!! JUNE Fish are – Offshore jackpots to $150 – Wrasse (all)

Inshore also jackpots to $100 – Bream.

Those of you needing Tags please don’t hesitate to reach out to myself or any of the clubs executive committee. Don’t forget we can certify your scales too, let me know if you’re interested. Until then, keep a bend in it! Skinny

June Report The Sth. QLD Interclub Challenge hosted by Ipswich SFC has been run and won. There was about 50 people from 7 ANSA clubs which made for a great weekend. The fishing was very hard but Noel and Diego did well to win most of the prizes, but we did miss out on the big trophy, Champion Club. This was won by Kingaroy SFC. Well done to them. Bob Dover won with a bag of Bass and Eel-tailed Catfish caught on worms. If agreed, RPGSC may host the next Interclub in 2022. Big thanks to Chris Proctor and the Ipswich club for hosting the event. The next major event will be the Keppel Bay ANSA Sportfishing Festival on the October long weekend. This event will be based at Yeppoon, which caters for fishos that like to fish offshore around the island and reefs or you can fish the Fitzroy for Barra and monster King Salmon. I plan to head up the week before as I have been told they are the best tides for the river and would love to catch a salty Barra. I am out of tag guns now, so if you need one, go direct to the ANSA shop. There are plenty of other items there that may interest you. I do have 2 dart applicators.

I do not have a fishing report, but I think the squid should be turning up soon. Last season I did well catching plenty of Squid on 95mm Zerek Fish traps in the Bribie passage. I use them for Flathead, Cod and Grassy’s but the squid jump on any chance they get. Also have another bait or jig ready as they usually come up in pairs. I haven’t worked out which colour works the best yet. Tight Lines Mick

Dates to Remember

Hi Members. Not a lot to report again this month. A group called NCEconomics in collaboration with Alluvium Consulting and Agtrans Research and Consulting, with funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Cooperation (FRDC) are conducting a study on fishing in the Barrier Reef region. There is a chance of winning a prize of a $50 BCF gift voucher by participating. For details see me and I will forward you the email. Or you can contact Tracy Schultz at tracy.schultz@alluvium.com.au. A few Blue Marlin are being caught out wide, particularly out from Mooloolaba. A good sized Black Marlin was speared around Hutchies during the week. This indicates that there are Billies around even at this time of the year. Steve Penman caught a small Black up on the northern tip of Fraser last month again demonstrating that our knowledge of the habits of these fish is limited. Others were also caught in the area at the same time. “Filthy” boated a few last year around August. This demonstrates the need to tag these fish so more research can be done. The Blues and Strippies should really come on the bite now so hopefully we will get some good weather to allow us to “go get ‘um”. Tight lines. Ralph Bowler

Ralph with a nice Spaniard

Frank in Guinness’s Maiden voyage and his 1st fish on the boat

Great Guest Speaker on deep water Jigging

To win the money for the monthly nominated fish inshore or offshore species, simply weigh in the heaviest All fish weighed, regardless of whether they are in for the ’fish of the month’ must be labelled with the angler’s name and line class. To receive double club points, fish must be tagged or caught on the Club Weekend only

and Capture sheets correctly completed and handed in or fish weighed in at M.B.B.C. from 3.30pm to 4.30pm on the Sunday. Prizes for the heaviest ‘fish of the month’ will be awarded on the day so you must be there.

Remember, club fishing weekend starts on midnight on Friday and finishing on Sunday at 3.30pm.